How to Use hindsight in a Sentence

hindsight

noun

• It's easy for us to say that the war was wrong, but we have the advantage of hindsight.
• And, much like a recession, it may only be confirmed in hindsight.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
• While the reasons for most of them are clear in hindsight, companies must adapt quickly to stay close to consumer trends.
  — Miroslav Dimitrov, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
• In hindsight, Murray knows why he wasn’t chosen as the next CEO.
  — Natalie McCormick, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
• Spotting the limitations of this method is always pretty easy in hindsight.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2021
• In hindsight, the OnePlus One could have, should have, been a disaster.
  — Andrew Williams, Wired, 16 Dec. 2021
• In hindsight, the previous movies in the series could have benefited from post-credits teasers.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Dec. 2021
• In hindsight, that was an astonishing assertion, given that the cloth face mask would become the unavoidable icon of the era.
  — New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
• With fresh eyes and the benefit of hindsight, Pajares is joined by more than 30 individuals close to him who reflect on the decade.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021
• The original’s impact has been dimmed in hindsight by its sequels, which landed, one right after the other, as dispiriting duds, crushed by their own pomposity.
  — Adam Sternbergh, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
• Asked about intelligence failures in Afghanistan, Nakasone said things always look different in hindsight.
  — Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2021
• With hindsight, Morris recognizes that the show's initial inability to find Winston's footing had nothing to do with him.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
• Coates said the instructions said jurors had to look at the case through the eyes of then 17-year-old Rittenhouse, not in hindsight, and assess the reasonableness of his actions.
  — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 19 Nov. 2021
• In hindsight, all the items need to be fixed at some point.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• In hindsight, the first episode tees us up well for the second.
  — David Klion, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2020
• In hindsight, the joke was of very poor taste and a mistake on my part.
  — Emily McFarlan Miller, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• In hindsight, the change had less to do with vibes, and more to do with technique.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2021
• In hindsight, to Legler the upshot has been a lack of forethought by the Heat.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
• But with the gift of hindsight, Hoy said the delay proved to be a blessing.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
• In hindsight, the timing for the name change was perfect.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2021
• Moreschi says, in hindsight, the warning signs were there.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2017
• In hindsight that kind of thinking made me a lot freer.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2018
• In hindsight, maybe the Cone pick wouldn’t be made today.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 19 June 2021
• So there was a lot of mixed emotions in hindsight about him.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2023
• This is a tough pick to make — even with the benefit of hindsight.
  — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, 26 Apr. 2018
• Now, to be clear, that seems to have been the right decision in hindsight.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
• In hindsight, my co-founder and I disagree on this point.
  — Doug Ladden, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022
• But there were things in hindsight that Schulz said should have raised red flags.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2020
• But in hindsight that was all the idea of Ron DeSantis.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 17 July 2023
• If this were in court a year from now, a judge would have the benefit of hindsight.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2020

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024